WORK AT PROVING GROUNDS.; To Test Small Ordnance on Bethlehem Tract Within Two Weeks.

MAYS LANDING, N.J., Oct. 14. -- Operations will begin Monday morning on the 20,000-acre tract purchased along the Great Egg Harbor River by the Bethlehem Steel Company for the world's greatest proving ground. Within two weeks, says James P. Madden, assistant engineer of ordnance, the sound of small ordnance will be heard on the grounds. View Full Article in Timesmachine »

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